The role of polymer mechanochemistry in responsive materials and additive manufacturing

A Catenane as a Mechanical Protecting Group

(2020) Min Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Sensitized Mechanoluminescence Design toward Mechanically Induced Intense Red Emission from Transparent Polymer Films

(2020) Fan Yang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

The cascade unzipping of ladderane reveals dynamic effects in mechanochemistry

(2020) Zhixing Chen et al.   Nature Chemistry

Regulating Color Activation Energy of Mechanophore-Linked Multinetwork Elastomers

(2020) Wenlian Qiu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

From force-responsive molecules to quantifying and mapping stresses in soft materials

(2020) Yinjun Chen et al.   Science Advances

Understanding the molecular origin of shear thinning in associative polymers through quantification of bond dissociation under shear

(2020) Irina Mahmad Rasid et al.   Physical Review Materials

Highly Stretchable Tough Elastomers Crosslinked by Spiropyran Mechanophores for Strain‐Induced Colorimetric Sensing

(2020) Ziquan Cao   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Strain and stress mapping by mechanochemical activation of spiropyran in poly(methyl methacrylate)

(2019) Asha-Dee N. Celestine et al.   STRAIN

Mechanoresponsive self-growing hydrogels inspired by muscle training

(2019) Takahiro Matsuda et al.   SCIENCE

Quantitative Adjustment to the Molecular Energy Parameter in the Lake–Thomas Theory of Polymer Fracture Energy

(2019) Shu Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Multicolor Mechanochromism of a Polymer/Silica Composite with Dual Distinct Mechanophores

(2019) Takahiro Kosuge et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Hierarchical Nanoparticle‐in‐Micropore Architecture for Enhanced Mechanosensitivity and Stretchability in Mechanochromic Electronic Skins

(2019) Jonghwa Park et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mechanical activation drastically accelerates amide bond hydrolysis, matching enzyme activity

(2019) Michael F Pill et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Benzoladderene Mechanophores: Synthesis, Polymerization, and Mechanochemical Transformation

(2019) Jinghui Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanical Unfolding and Thermal Refolding of Single-Chain Nanoparticles Using Ligand–Metal Bonds

(2019) Avishai Levy et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Anti-Stokes Stress Sensing: Mechanochemical Activation of Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Photon Upconversion

(2019) Deniz Yildiz et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Force-Dependent Multicolor Mechanochromism from a Single Mechanophore

(2019) Molly E. McFadden et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Strain-Dependent Kinetics in the Cis-to-Trans Isomerization of Azobenzene in Bulk Elastomers

(2019) Yangju Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Mechanically Triggered Small Molecule Release from a Masked Furfuryl Carbonate

(2019) Xiaoran Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanochemical Ring-Opening of Allylic Epoxides

(2019) Meredith H. Barbee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Diarylbiindolinones as Substituent‐Tunable Mechanochromophores and Their Application in Mechanochromic Polymers

(2019) Kazuma Kawasaki et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Modeling the Mechanics of Polymer Chains with Deformable and Active Bonds

(2019) Shawn R. Lavoie et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

A Latent Mechanoacid for Time-Stamped Mechanochromism and Chemical Signaling in Polymeric Materials

(2019) Yangju Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Force-Induced Catastrophes on Energy Landscapes: Mechanochemical Manipulation of Downhill and Uphill Bifurcations Explains the Ring-Opening Selectivity of Cyclopropanes

(2018) Miriam Wollenhaupt et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Analytical network-averaging of the tube model: Mechanically induced chemiluminescence in elastomers

(2018) Vu Ngoc Khiêm et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Rotaxanes as Mechanochromic Fluorescent Force Transducers in Polymers

(2018) Yoshimitsu Sagara et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Additive manufacturing with a flex activated mechanophore for nondestructive assessment of mechanochemical reactivity in complex object geometries

(2018) Bo Cao et al.   POLYMER

Empowering mechanochemistry with multi-mechanophore polymer architectures

(2018) Brandon H. Bowser et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Let spiropyran help polymers feel force!

(2018) Meng Li et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Maxwell Lattices and Topological Mechanics

(2018) Xiaoming Mao et al.   Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

Multicolor Mechanochromic Polymer Blends That Can Discriminate between Stretching and Grinding

(2018) Kuniaki Ishizuki et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Light from Within: Sensing Weak Strains and FemtoNewton Forces in Single Molecules

(2018) Ties van de Laar et al.   Chem

Mechanochromic Stretchable Electronics

(2018) Meredith H. Barbee et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Impact of a Mechanical Bond on the Activation of a Mechanophore

(2018) Min Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Substituent effects and mechanism in a mechanochemical reaction

(2018) Meredith Hyatt Barbee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanochemical Activation of Fluorogenic CuAAC “Click” Reactions for Stress-Sensing Applications

(2018) Philipp Michael et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

The photoregulation of a mechanochemical polymer scission

(2018) Jumpei Kida et al.   Nature Communications

Regiochemical Effects on Mechanophore Activation in Bulk Materials

(2018) Yangju Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanochemical Regulation of a Photochemical Reaction

(2018) Xiaoran Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanical Reactivity of Two Different Spiropyran Mechanophores in Polydimethylsiloxane

(2018) Tae Ann Kim et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Mechanochemical Kinetics in Elastomeric Polymer Networks: Heterogeneity of Local Forces Results in Nonexponential Kinetics

(2017) Ramesh Adhikari et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Mechanoluminescent Imaging of Osmotic Stress-Induced Damage in a Glassy Polymer Network

(2017) Jess M. Clough et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Mechanochemical unzipping of insulating polyladderene to semiconducting polyacetylene

(2017) Zhixing Chen et al.   SCIENCE

Experimentally realized mechanochemistry distinct from force-accelerated scission of loaded bonds

(2017) Sergey Akbulatov et al.   SCIENCE

Multi-modal mechanophores based on cinnamate dimers

(2017) Huan Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Flexible mechanical metamaterials

(2017) Katia Bertoldi et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Machine learning in materials informatics: recent applications and prospects

(2017) Rampi Ramprasad et al.   npj Computational Materials

Covalent Bond Scission in the Mullins Effect of a Filled Elastomer: Real-Time Visualization with Mechanoluminescence

(2016) Jess M. Clough et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Mechanochromism and Mechanical-Force-Triggered Cross-Linking from a Single Reactive Moiety Incorporated into Polymer Chains

(2016) Huan Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Stress-induced colouration and crosslinking of polymeric materials by mechanochemical formation of triphenylimidazolyl radicals

(2016) F. Verstraeten et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Advances in Quantum Mechanochemistry: Electronic Structure Methods and Force Analysis

(2016) Tim Stauch et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Combined Constant-Force and Constant-Velocity Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy of the Conrotatory Ring Opening Reaction of Benzocyclobutene

(2016) Tatiana B. Kouznetsova et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Mechanochemically Responsive Viscoelastic Elastomers

(2016) Mahdi Takaffoli et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Molecular Origin of Mechanical Sensitivity of the Reaction Rate in Anthracene Cyclophane Isomerization Reveals Structural Motifs for Rational Design of Mechanophores

(2016) Nikolay V. Plotnikov et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Single-Molecule Observation of a Mechanically Activated Cis-to-Trans Cyclopropane Isomerization

(2016) Junpeng Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Regioisomer-Specific Mechanochromism of Naphthopyran in Polymeric Materials

(2016) Maxwell J. Robb et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Unexpected mechanochemical complexity in the mechanistic scenarios of disulfide bond reduction in alkaline solution

(2016) Przemyslaw Dopieralski et al.   Nature Chemistry

π-extended anthracenes as sensitive probes for mechanical stress

(2016) R. Göstl et al.   Chemical Science

Mechanical gating of a mechanochemical reaction cascade

(2016) Junpeng Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Polymer Mechanochemistry: From Destructive to Productive

(2015) Jun Li et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Mechanochemically Active Soft Robots

(2015) Gregory R. Gossweiler et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

A Novel Mechanochromic and Photochromic Polymer Film: When Rhodamine Joins Polyurethane

(2015) Zhijian Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Mechanochemically Triggered “Click” Catalyst

(2015) Philipp Michael et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Pinpointing Mechanochemical Bond Rupture by Embedding the Mechanophore into a Macrocycle

(2015) Doreen Schütze et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Probing Force with Mechanobase-Induced Chemiluminescence

(2015) Jess M. Clough et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A coumarin dimer probe of mechanochemical scission efficiency in the sonochemical activation of chain-centered mechanophore polymers

(2015) Zachary S. Kean et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Catch and Release: Orbital Symmetry Guided Reaction Dynamics from a Freed “Tension Trapped Transition State”

(2015) Junpeng Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Reaction Coordinates and Pathways of Mechanochemical Transformations

(2015) Stanislav M. Avdoshenko et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Forced Unfolding of Single-Chain Polymeric Nanoparticles

(2015) Nobuhiko Hosono et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Force-Rate Characterization of Two Spiropyran-Based Molecular Force Probes

(2015) Gregory R. Gossweiler et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanics of mechanochemically responsive elastomers

(2015) Qiming Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Inducing and quantifying forbidden reactivity with single-molecule polymer mechanochemistry

(2015) Junpeng Wang et al.   Nature Chemistry

Mechanochemical Strengthening of a Multi-mechanophore Benzocyclobutene Polymer

(2015) Junpeng Wang et al.   ACS Macro Letters

3D-Printed Mechanochromic Materials

(2014) Gregory I. Peterson et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Force-Spectrum Relations for Molecular Optical Force Probes

(2014) Tim Stauch et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Dynamics of Phononic Materials and Structures: Historical Origins, Recent Progress, and Future Outlook

(2014) Mahmoud I. Hussein et al.   Applied Mechanics Reviews

Enhancing covalent mechanochemistry in bulk polymers using electrospun ABA triblock copolymers

(2014) A. L. Black Ramirez et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

A quantitative quantum-chemical analysis tool for the distribution of mechanical force in molecules

(2014) Tim Stauch et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Mechanophore Activation at Heterointerfaces

(2014) Jun Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Successive Mechanochemical Activation and Small Molecule Release in an Elastomeric Material

(2014) Michael B. Larsen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Remote Stereochemical Lever Arm Effect in Polymer Mechanochemistry

(2014) Junpeng Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Dioxetanes as Mechanoluminescent Probes in Thermoplastic Elastomers

(2014) Yulan Chen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Spiropyran as a Mechanochromic Probe in Dual Cross-Linked Elastomers

(2014) Huan Zhang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Mechanically triggered heterolytic unzipping of a low-ceiling-temperature polymer

(2014) Charles E. Diesendruck et al.   Nature Chemistry

Toughening Elastomers with Sacrificial Bonds and Watching Them Break

(2014) E. Ducrot et al.   SCIENCE

Cephalopod-inspired design of electro-mechano-chemically responsive elastomers for on-demand fluorescent patterning

(2014) Qiming Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Comparison of Mechanochemical Chain Scission Rates for Linear versus Three-Arm Star Polymers in Strong Acoustic Fields

(2014) Derek C. Church et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Mechanochemical Activation of Covalent Bonds in Polymers with Full and Repeatable Macroscopic Shape Recovery

(2014) Gregory R. Gossweiler et al.   ACS Macro Letters

The Effect of Polymer Chain Alignment and Relaxation on Force-Induced Chemical Reactions in an Elastomer

(2013) Brett A. Beiermann et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Methods for activating and characterizing mechanically responsive polymers

(2013) Kelly M. Wiggins et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Modeling mechanophore activation within a crosslinked glassy matrix

(2013) Meredith N. Silberstein et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

“Flex-Activated” Mechanophores: Using Polymer Mechanochemistry To Direct Bond Bending Activation

(2013) Michael B. Larsen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Modeling mechanophore activation within a viscous rubbery network

(2013) Meredith N. Silberstein et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Time-Dependent Mechanochemical Response of SP-Cross-Linked PMMA

(2013) Cassandra M. Degen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Exploiting Force Sensitive Spiropyrans as Molecular Level Probes

(2013) Corissa K. Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Mechanochemical strengthening of a synthetic polymer in response to typically destructive shear forces

(2013) Ashley L. Black Ramirez et al.   Nature Chemistry

Mechanocatalytic Polymerization and Cross-Linking in a Polymeric Matrix

(2013) Robert T. M. Jakobs et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Single-Molecule Force-Clamp Experiments Reveal Kinetics of Mechanically Activated Silyl Ester Hydrolysis

(2012) Sebastian W. Schmidt et al.   ACS Nano

Comparison of the predictive performance of the Bell–Evans, Taylor-expansion and statistical-mechanics models of mechanochemistry

(2012) Yancong Tian et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Covalent Mechanochemistry: Theoretical Concepts and Computational Tools with Applications to Molecular Nanomechanics

(2012) Jordi Ribas-Arino et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Proton-Coupled Mechanochemical Transduction: A Mechanogenerated Acid

(2012) Charles E. Diesendruck et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A backbone lever-arm effect enhances polymer mechanochemistry

(2012) Hope M. Klukovich et al.   Nature Chemistry

Mechanically induced chemiluminescence from polymers incorporating a 1,2-dioxetane unit in the main chain

(2012) Yulan Chen et al.   Nature Chemistry

Polymer mechanochemistry: the design and study of mechanophores

(2012) Johnathan N Brantley et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

Chemomechanics: chemical kinetics for multiscale phenomena

(2011) Zhen Huang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Shear activation of mechanophore-crosslinked polymers

(2011) Cassandra M. Kingsbury et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Environmental effects on mechanochemical activation of spiropyran in linear PMMA

(2011) Brett A. Beiermann et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Fluorescence sensing of microcracks based on cycloreversion of a dimeric anthracene moiety

(2011) Young-Kyu Song et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Reactive Cross-Talk between Adjacent Tension-Trapped Transition States

(2011) Jeremy M. Lenhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Microstructure of Copolymers Formed by the Reagentless, Mechanochemical Remodeling of Homopolymers via Pulsed Ultrasound

(2011) Ashley L. Black Ramirez et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Role of Mechanophore Orientation in Mechanochemical Reactions

(2011) Brett A. Beiermann et al.   ACS Macro Letters

From molecular mechanochemistry to stress-responsive materials

(2010) Ashley L. Black et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Molecular Stress Relief through a Force-Induced Irreversible Extension in Polymer Contour Length

(2010) Dong Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Force-Induced Redistribution of a Chemical Equilibrium

(2010) Corissa K. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Computational and single-molecule force studies of a macro domain protein reveal a key molecular determinant for mechanical stability

(2010) D. L. Guzman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reaction dynamics in the formidable gap

(2010) Roman Boulatov   PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY

Trapping a Diradical Transition State by Mechanochemical Polymer Extension

(2010) J. M. Lenhardt et al.   SCIENCE

First jump of microgel; actuation speed enhancement by elastic instability

(2010) Howon Lee et al.   Soft Matter

Understanding Covalent Mechanochemistry

(2009) Jordi Ribas-Arino et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Biomimetic Modular Polymer with Tough and Adaptive Properties

(2009) Aaron M. Kushner et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

First Principles Dynamics and Minimum Energy Pathways for Mechanochemical Ring Opening of Cyclobutene

(2009) Mitchell T. Ong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

gem-Dichlorocyclopropanes as Abundant and Efficient Mechanophores in Polybutadiene Copolymers under Mechanical Stress

(2009) Jeremy M. Lenhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Force-induced activation of covalent bonds in mechanoresponsive polymeric materials

(2009) Douglas A. Davis et al.   NATURE

A fluorescent crack sensor based on cyclobutane-containing crosslinked polymers of tricinnamates

(2008) Sung-Youl Cho et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL